Cladograms and Phylogeny

diagram depicting patterns of shared characteristics among species

• Phylogeny

• Cladograms

• Genetic Variation

• Adaptation

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the evolutionary history of lineage

• Node

• Clade

• Derived Character

• Phylogeny

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a trait that arose in the most recent common ancestor of a particular lineage and was passed along to its descendants.

is the loss of a tail, a trait that first appeared in an ancestor of apes and man

• Homologous Structures

• Fossil

• Derived Characteristic

• Aerobic Heterotroph

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 evolutionary branch of a cladogram that includes a single ancestor and all its descendants

• Clade

• Node

• Cladogram

• Organic Evolution

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the points at the ends of branches which represent sequences or hypothetical sequences at various points in evolutionary history.

• Node

• Clade

• Derived Character

• Endosymbiotic Theory

study of the diversity of life and the evolutionary relationships between organisms

• Taxon

•  Binomial nomenclature

• Systematics

•  Endosymbiotic theory

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A cladogram is:

• a diagram showing the relationships between organisms

• evolutionary relationships between organisms

• changes in a population over time

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Where do we find the common ancestor on a cladogram?

• all the way at the top

• at the branch points (where lines connect)

• all the way at the bottom

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Evolutionary relationships between organisms is known as:

• cladograms

• phylogeny

• descent with modification

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Which organism is most closely related to the fruit fly?

• Chicken

• Human

• Trout

• Whale

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